The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-09-22
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
AND ITS FRIENDS.

1t is known that we started this
paper under most disadvantageous
surroundings It is not known how
we have toiled and labored Gin season
and out of season day and night, to
place it beyond the breakers. We
confess with pride and with gratitude
to our friends, that it has succeeded
beyond our expectations. 1t has made
strong and true friends. 1t has
enjoyed the courteous kindness, if
not cooperation, of the press of the
State, for which it expresses it's pro-
found appreciation. Kind words of en-
dorsement and encouragement are
borne>to us by almost every mail. For
all this We feel gratifed.
But we. desire to speak few plain,
earnest words to our subscribers.
Ours is an agricultural State. Our
people are supporting over one hun
dred and fifty newspapers and jour
nails Over one hundred of these are
political papers. THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER is the only agricultural paper
weekly among them all. Tt is de-
voted exclusively to the interests Of
industrial classes. Is it unreasonable
to claim that Of the one hundred and
ten thousand subscribers to all our
papers, a majority Of whom must be
farmers, that The PROGRESSIVE FARMER
ought to have ten thousand subscrib-
ers? This would be an average of
but a fraction over one hundred to
each county in the State. Are there
not twenty counties in the State that
with little effort on the part of our
friends would give us five hundred
each by January next? Are there not
fifty other counties that would give us
two hundred each? Are there not
twenty others that would give us from
fifty to one hundred each? If our
friends in these counties will kindly
give us their help and will give half
the number named by the first day of
January next, we believe we can safely
guarantee to run the list up to ten
thousand by the first of June next. 1t
would enable us first, to reduce the
price of the paper to the uniform price
of one dollar. Second. 1t would enable
us to increase the size and give our
readers the model agricultural weekly
Of the South. Third It would enable
us to employ constantly the best edi-
torial talent in all it's departments,
and lastly, it would give US paper
that could and would WELD tremend
Gus power in our State Is not this
true? If it be true, is it not worth
an effort on the part of our friends to
accomplish it? Who will give us
their aid in securing five thousand
subscribers by the first of January
Look at these rates
TO CLUBS:
l subscriber and under five, year, $500
5 subscribers and under ten, year, 165
10 subscribers and under fifteen, l
Is subscribers and under twenty, l d, La.
20 subscribers, or more, l year, LOO
Strictly cash IN advanse.
Who will be the first to send us club2
Remember that for any one of the
above clubs, you get the paper free
for one year. Will you not make up
a club in your neighborhood in your
Grange, in your Club, in your ALI
ance? How many of our friends will
join us in the effort to get the five
thousand Write to US for blank
subscription list and sample copy of
the paper. Who will help? If yoa
can't do it, can you not get some one
to do so7 Show the paper to your
neighbor-take it with you to your
Club, Grange or Alliance and show it
to your brethren and get them to take
it. Who wiH eyrite first for the blank
Join us in the work, and let us have,
by the beginning of next year, the very
best paper in the whole South for our